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List of tables and figures |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Executive summary |
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1 | (12) |
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1 Introduction: the policy context and literature review |
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13 | (23) |
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2 The supporting contact study: design, sample and methods |
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36 | (17) |
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3 The adoptive parent sample |
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53 | (16) |
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4 The strengths and risks that affect the experience of contact for adoptive families |
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69 | (21) |
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5 The birth relative sample |
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90 | (11) |
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6 The strengths and risks that birth relatives bring to contact |
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101 | (25) |
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7 Evaluations of contact from the adoptive parents, and the role of adoptive family strengths and risks |
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126 | (17) |
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8 The challenges and benefits of contact: themes from interviews with adoptive parents |
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143 | (23) |
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9 Birth relatives' satisfaction with contact |
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166 | (13) |
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10 The challenges and benefits of contact: themes from interviews with birth relatives |
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179 | (19) |
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11 Support for direct contact arrangements: services received by adoptive parents and how these relate to case factors |
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198 | (24) |
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12 Support for direct contact arrangements: adoptive parents' perspectives |
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222 | (15) |
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13 Support for direct contact arrangements: services received by birth relatives |
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237 | (22) |
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14 Support for direct contact arrangements: birth relatives' perspectives |
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259 | (13) |
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15 The costs of supporting contact |
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272 | (13) |
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285 | (25) |
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17 Service users' suggestions for practice |
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310 | (6) |
| References |
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316 | (10) |
| Index |
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